legvslegosConfusable pair

Which to use

“leg” and “legos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,212
“leg” frequency rank
#39,839
“legos” frequency rank
78051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leg legos
Definition Pierna Forma del plural de lego.

Where the eye mixes leg and legos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. leg runs 3 letters (CVC) against legos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
leg
5 ch
legos

Look-alike desk: leg vs legos

A purely visual mix-up. leg ([lɛɡ]) and legos ([ˈleɣ̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “leg” sits inside “legos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leg is recorded at frequency rank #38,212, classified as anoun, pronounced [lɛɡ]. legos is at rank #39,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈleɣ̞os].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 78051, this pair ranks #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of leg vs legos

Shared letters: egl. Private to "leg": -. Private to "legos": os.

"leg" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "legos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • legos ← elgos · leggos · legoss · legso · leogs · lgeos · llegos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "leg" for "legos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([lɛɡ] versus [ˈleɣ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "leg" vs "legos" - which ranks higher?
"leg" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,212 in our Spanish list, against #39,839 for "legos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "leg" and "legos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "legos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leg" and "legos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "legos vs lens". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #15,054 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list